Pumpkin Patch 2015

One of my favorite things that I look forward to every fall. It's one of my favorite traditions that I do with my kids. I was so excited to take J with us for the first time. Last year when we took E to the pumpkin patch, I was dealing with severe morning sickness and ate two snow cones just to not throw up while we were there. Ha! Things are definitely different this year and I am very thankful.

We go to the same pumpkin patch about 30 minutes away. They have bounce houses, hay rides, a train, lots of character boards, and hay mazes. It is so much fun! We always have fun. We didn't stay too long because it was hot but we did have a lot of fun!

The sun was so bright so the kids had a hard time looking at the camera if it was in their eyes. We stopped to get a picture with Clifford - one of E's favorites. We have a plethora of Clifford books at home.

Also our classic Minnie and Mickey

Look at my big girl!

No way was J looking at the camera. The sun was right in his eyes. Oh well. 

Look at this cutie patootie in his little bowl. My heart melts. 

 Driving the plane

She spent a lot of time in this small corn maze. She had so much fun in it. 

We tried to get pictures of them together. They didn't look at the camera at the same time. J was more interested at something going on off camera, but the cuteness is still there!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!! They aren't looking at the camera but I love this picture. The sun rays are just awesome.

Haha her facial expressions!

In the pumpkin house!

We picked out a pumpkin and headed home. Another fun memory at the pumpkin patch! So thankful for my little family!

Life lately

So we haven't been doing anything exciting in the last month so it's been hard to find things to make a blog post. ( I do need to finish E's 3 year letter post but I want to cry every time so I haven't finished it yet and I also need to do what we actually did for her birthday..ugh I'm so behind) So here's a couple of pics thrown together to show how life has been in the month of September at the our house.

Someone is starting to like his chair for a few minutes

 I'm explaining to him that waking up at 4 and thinking it's time to have a long conversation with mommy is not socially acceptable...haha he doesn't care =)

E at her dance class. 

Playtime with our bus

We started homeschool preschool this month. It's going well. We do about an hour to 90 minutes of school about 2-3 days a week. She is enjoying it. 

Aren't they just adorable? 

There is an air show that happens every September that we can see the Blue Angels from our backyard. So Jason and E had fun watching it both Saturday and Sunday afternoon that weekend. 

 Fun park play time on a cool September morning

3 months!

Dear J,
You are 3 months old!! You are such a bright light to our family and we are so thankful for you!


You still make your own schedule every day. You will wake up between 6:30-7:30 in the morning and go to bed between 7-8 each night. You will get at least one nap in the morning, a long nap while E is sleeping, and then maybe a short nap before dinner but usually that one is hit or miss. I have figured out that you will take a good nap in the morning if you are worn in my wrap. I put you in it and within 5 minutes you are out! I love my snuggle time with you and I think you enjoy it too. =). You eat 2 1/2 -3 hours during the day and will wake up most of the time 2 times each night for feedings. At least 3-4 days a week, you think that after the 2nd feeding that its talk time and will start cooing and smiling at me. I try to tell you that its bedtime but you just smile back. It's a good thing you're cute. You'll eventually go back to sleep after about 30-45 minutes on those nights. Your reflux is still bad at night so we still hold you for the majority of the night.

You love to be outside and you love to be held. Although sometimes you will want to have some time by yourself and will get fussy when being held and if I put you down on the floor you will be content for a few a bit. That is completely different from the way your sister was. You LOVE your sister. You give her the biggest smiles and watch and follow her when she is in the room.

You give the cutest biggest smiles. You are quite the charmer. You almost lunge forward when I'm holding you, and you are smiling at someone (especially girls) you little flirt you. You do these really big open smiles that are almost a silent laugh and it is so cute. You "talk" all the time. You want your voice to be heard. You will coo and hum back and forth with your sister and it is so precious. You also have this high pitched scream that you do also with your talking. It is a happy scream and you do it a lot when you are playing on the floor. You always have your hands in your mouth and are starting to put large objects like blankets and stuffed animals in your mouth. You can grab the toys on your play gym really well by yourself. You are not a big fan of the car seat still and pretty much scream the whole time you are in it.

You weigh unofficially about 13 1/2 pounds per our scale. You wear size 1 diapers. You are still a little small for our cloth diapers because of your skinny legs but hoping we can start using them soon. You wear some 0-3 but mostly 3 month size clothes.

You are such a sweet happy boy my little one. We love you so much.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

Labor Day Weekend

We had a great and relaxing Labor Day weekend. I've been anticipating this weekend since we booked the cabin in April. We and some of our friends with their kids rented a cabin in Broken Bow, OK. The cabins are in the national park right outside the town. We left on Friday night and got there really late and stayed until Monday morning. It was a perfect weekend getaway.

This was E in the bedroom with us. We rented a 3 bedroom and our friends had the two bedrooms downstairs for their kids and themselves, and we had the master bedroom upstairs. It was big enough to fit both an air mattress and J's pack and play in it.

She was so excited to sleep on her air mattress that night. 

On Saturday morning, we went exploring around the national park. We were kind of limited since we have a 3 month old, but we did stop on a look out and hike down to the lake so that E could put her feet in the water for a few minutes.

We came back for naps and this little cutie slept really well =). 

We grilled out that night with the grill on the property. The kids played out on the wrap around patio while we waited for the food to be ready. They hunted for pine cones and played with toy airplanes. 

She was so so proud of her pinecones. A few of them made their way back home with us.

The next day after breakfast, we went to the cute little train that goes through the national park. The ride is only about 10-15 minutes long. The kids really enjoyed it, and we got to see some wildlife really close to the train. 

E was sitting with us before the train ride started, but then quickly decided she wanted to sit with her friend instead. Sigh..it's already started...

This deer was so close to the train. They didn't even seem phased by it.

This little guy didn't know what to think of it all. 

They had a drawing at the end of the train ride and E's ticket won! She won some cotton candy, but she didn't really want to try it. So we enjoyed some for her and got rid of the rest.

While our friends went hiking with their kids, we decided to take E on a paddle boat. She had been asking to go on the lake since we got there so we thought why not??

She enjoyed doing it so much and my momma heart stood on the deck and tried not to panic =).

We went back to the cabin for naps and hung out for the rest of the afternoon. After dinner that night, we started a fire in the fire pit and roasted some marshmellows and had smores. It was E's first experience with them and she loved them!!

Smores make people happy!

The next morning we loaded up and went home. We enjoyed this place so much, and we have already talked about going back again for weekend getaways in the future. If you don't live far from this area, I would definitely put this on your list of things to do!

E's Birthday Party

We celebrated E's birthday a couple weekends ago at a splash park in a nearby town. It was Cinderella themed - chosen by the birthday girl. It was a perfect warm (read: hot) morning that was perfect to play in the water!

Ready for her party in her Cinderella swimsuit

This cake was a labor of love. The layers kept collapsing on me the night before and I was for sure it was going to be one big crumbly mess when I opened the refrigerator door the next morning. It wasn't that bad, but it had collapsed enough that you could see Cinderella's underwear. Oh well. The birthday girl was happy, and that is all that matters.

Singing Happy Birthday to my sweet girl

Blowing out the candles 

My sweet 3 year old

She stopped for a few minutes to open a few presents, but she was too busy playing to want to open presents at the time.

She had so much fun at her party, and we are so thankful for all the people who came out to celebrate. She is still talking about her party several weeks later so I know it was good.